The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-27

safe. When he dies his wife
will have, perhaps, S2O,OOO
from life insurance policies to
add TO his savings. He has no very
heavy insurance on his life, for the
reason that within the past two or
three years the prize pa. companies
have instructed their sgen;s that they
do not care for Tisks on the life of the
President, because Of his mode Of liv-
ing and his disposition TO apoplexy.
He will probably devote his time to
esse and comfort. 1t is likely that his
name win be in demand for the presi-
dency Of one or more corporations,
and from this source be will be able to
derive a respectable income"
II do not think" continued this
gentleman ''ihst the President
will return to the practice
of law. While he hss been an
exceedingly close student since
he was elected President, his past life
shows that he was not fond OF musty
law books, snd that although he was
well posted generally when he was en-
gagged in legal proceedings before the
courts, he always "crsmmed" for the
occasion and seldom started without
close study and careful attention to
the books for weeks before argument
in the case in which he was interested
began. While he has shown that
he can on occasion devote
himself sssiduously to the law
books, he does not like to pore into
kDotty questions, and it is safe to say
that he will not do 90 when he retires
from public life If he can possibly
avoid it. Altogether, it Is safe to pre-
dict that if Grover Cleveland ends his
public career with the close of his
Presidential term, he will take ae much
ease during the balance of his life as
he can, aud the money he will have at
his disposal will enable him to in
dulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
INTEREST IN ePoRTs
Although there are no races in pro-
erees at this season of the year, the
sports at the capital have every op.
portunity to risk their money on their
iavorite flyers, and there ere thous.
ands of dollars put up on the Sleeps
head Bay, Lexington and other meat
ings every day in the week. Wash.
iugton has mum Der OF very success
ful pool rooms where the department
clerk, the official and the stray MEM
ber OF Congress can invest on his
judgment in sums from 81 to $1,000 or
more One Of these places is located
within two blocks OF the Treasury De-
psrtment, and every day at noon
crowd of clerks will spend greater
portion of their lunch hour watching
the blackboaris on which the odds
are announced. Since these rooms be-
came fixtures in life at Washington,
the bucket shops have reported a
large falling of in business. The un.
certainty OF the wheat market and the
dullness in the Oil Exchange
have frightened the depositors Of
margins into some new scheme for
attempting to increase their holdings
on the 100 per cent, plan. 1t is q la
meDtable fact that when the mania
for the gambling table takes hold Of
the department clerk, nothing short
OF 100 per cent. profit will satisfy him,
consequently the pool rooms and the
lottery shops are enabled to draw from
the government employees hundreds
OF thousands of dollars in the course
of year. Several attempts have been
made to check this gambling mania,
but without success. Last year bill
to prohibit pool selling passed one
house of Congress, but died in the
other, and so long as men are deter
mined to back their judgmentlof horse
fash with their money, the book
makers will continue to reap rich
harvest among the clerks Of the ma
tional capital.